Separating apparatus for turpentine.



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H. L. HOUGH. SEPARATING APPARATUS FOR TURPENTINE.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 23, 1912.

Patented Mar. 31

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SEPARATING APPARATUS FOR TURPENTINE.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 23, 1912.

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Patented Mar. 31, 191i H. L. HOUGH.

SEPARATING APPARATUS FOR TURPENTINE.

APPLICATION IILED NOV. 23, 1912.

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SEPARATING APPARATUS Specification of Letters Patent. j

BEDLEVEL, FLORIDA.

FOR TUREENTINE.

Patented Mar.3it,1914.

Application filed November 23, 1912. Serial No. 733,172.

To all whom it may concern 1 Be it known that I, HENRY L.- HoUGH, a citizen of'the United States, residing at Redlevel, in the county of Citrus and State of Florida, have invented new and useful Imoprovements in Separating Apparatus for Turpentine, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to separators or cleaners for crude turpentine, and the primary object of the same is to provide an aparatus for separating leaves, .sand and other trashor foreign matter from crude turp entine preparatory to distilling the same.

It is well known that in barreling crude turpentine bearing resin at points where it is taken from the trees, leaves, sand and other foreign material-collect in the receptacles or buckets and are poured with the turpentine into the barrels. The turpentine in this latter condition if deposited directly into astill will clog or cause a deposit of trash-and foreign matter as well as sand and grit in the still and require cleaning operations relatively to the still, with disadvantages in expedition in separating the turpentine from the rosin by the usual methods, and, furthermore, the turpentine and rosin under such conditions must of necessity be subjected to further treatment to'purify the same. a

The improved apparatus embodying the features of the invention has therefore been devised to thoroughly separate the trash and foreign matter from the crude turpentine carrying the rosin and preliminarily prepare the turpentine for distillationand separation of the resin and turpentine to produce cleaner products which in fact will be en-- p matter or dirt, with matenal advantage in economically preparlng the turpentlne tirely free of foreign and rosin for the market.

The invention consists in the construction and arrangement of the several parts which will be more fully hereinafter described and claimed in preferred form.

In the drawings: Figure 1 is a broken top plan view of an apparatus embodying t e features of the invention. Fig. 2 is a longisection onthe line 2--2, Fig.

transverse vertical section of the line 4-4, Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a detail longitudinal vertical sec- 'on of a portion of the apparatus showing the manner of dumping and cleaning the separating drawer or receptacle.

1. Fig. 3is a latter is asecond battle the front wall to the upper h with the The numeral 5 designates a tank which may be of any dimensionsandiproportions and constructed of suitable material. The tank is provided with a fixed top 6 and a hinged cover or closure 7 at one end, the said cover or closure being provided with an inlet opening Sin which is removably fitted a cover 9 adapted to be locked tightly within the opening 8 through the medium of a bayonet joint, asat 10. It will, be understood that any other suitable form of joint may be.

used for tightly holding the cover 9 in place in the opening. Surrounding the opening v8 and secured on the cover or closure 7 is a supporting rim 11 having a beveled opening 12 therethrough, the said rim being adapted to have a barrel disposed thereon, as shown in dotted lines by Fig. 2. trough-shaped bottom 18 and at a considerable distance from the ends a bafiie 14 is secured within the said bottom and comprises a front inclined wall 15 and a rear vertical Wall 16, the inclined wall 15 extending fully fro-m the top of the vertical wall downwardly to the lowermost portion of the trough-shaped bottdm113. At a suitable distance from the baffle 14 and in rear of the 17 comprising two vertical walls 18 and 19 varying in verticalextent, or the front wall 18 is shorter than the rear wall 19, and from the upper end of end of the rear wall an angularly-disposed deflecting board or member 20 is arranged, as shown by Fig. 2. By the disposition of the baffles 14 and 17 within the trou h shaped bottom 13 as just explained the said bottom is divided into three compartments 21, 22 and 23, the comartment 21 being of materially greater extent than the remaining compartments. Secured to the inner surfaces of the sides aof the tank at a suitable elevation above the compartment 21 are ledges 24 having stop strips or guards 25 extending upwardly. from the inner terminals thereof and in the adjacent end of the tank an'opening 26 is formed and has its lower wall coincident upper edges of the ledges 24. The opening 26 is in the form of a hand hole and is normally covered by a cap or closure 27 suitably flanged and adapted to be locked in applied position through the medium of a bayonet joint 28 having an outer =handle 29 for readily Slidab'ly seated on the ledges 24 is a separating drawer or receptacle 30 comprising a The tank 5 has a Y .75

removing and applying the same.

frame 31 and a reticulated or wire gauze inclosure 32 which is open at the end 33 adj acent to the opening or hand hole 26. In other words, the reticulated or wire gauze Y inclosure 32 extends fully over the opposite and rear end of the drawer orv sides, bottom receptacle 30and the opposite end is fully open. The -reticulated or wire gauze inclosure 32 has a suitable mesh which must be at least fine enough to prevent passage therethrough of small particles of leafy matter,

hooks 34 are bent upwardly and downwardly so that their open portions are in a downward direction, as clearly shown by Fig. 2, and are adapted to cooperate with hooks 36 secured below the lower portion of the wall of the opening or hole 26 and open upwardly so that when th'edrawer or receptacle 30 is drawn outwardly the hooks 34 will move into and catch on the hooks 36, as shown by Fig. 5, to facilitate dumping of the said drawer or receptacle 30 to relieve the latter of collected leaves, trash or sedimentl It will be, understood that the hinged cover 7 will be open and the cap or closure 27 removed from the opening 26 when it is bottom of the desired to pull out the drawer 30 so as togive ample clearance and when the drawer is drawn may be raked out or the-"(collected matter therein otherwise removed .therefrom. To render the opening or hole 26 as well as the opening 8 and the covers or caps 9 and 27 orreceptacle effective in forming tight joints wh'en closed,-

suitable packings or packing rings 37 and 38 will be respectively mounted in the open ings 8 and 26 so that the flanges of the covers or caps 9 and 27 will provide with the said packingrings sealed joints to prevent the escape of steam from the interior of the tank and which will be applied in a manner hereinafter more fully explained. It will also be understood that tli'efcaps or covers 9 and 27 will be applied and removed by a rotating movement thereof in view of the provision of thebayonet joints and through the medium of the latter joints the said caps or covers will be tightly drawn inwardly into their openings by a clamping action.

A valved drain pipe 39 is secured to the trou h 13 and opens into the lower portion of the compartment 21, and. the rear compartment 23 is-also adapted to its contents by means of a The compartment 22 may be relieved of its contents by hand operation through the top of the tank by opening the cover or closure 7. Connected to the upper bottom of the side I nozzle 51 whichis center of the opening 8 and also projects up to the latter, outwardly it.

portion of the rear end of the tank is a steam or vapor pipe 41 having a suitable valve 42, said pipe 40 below and said drain pipe.

Extending into the upper portion ,of the tank beneath and close to the fixed top 6 thereof is a steam pipe 43 provided with a valve 44. and having divergent branches or a Y-continuation 45 at its inner end, and depending from the divergent branches are rose or spray heads 46 which depend close to the plane of the upper edges of the inclosure 32 the drawer or receptacle 30. Connected to the steam pipe43 at a point in advance of the valve 44- is a steam conveying pipe 47 which extends inwardly over the upper surface of the fixed top 6 and is secured to the latter, and by means of a swivel coupling 48 of, any suitable construction a pipe 49 is attached to the pipe 47 and at an intermediate in rear of the valve in point is provided with a-valve 50 and at its inner terminal has an upwardly projecting located directly over the wardly from the center of the opening 12 of the Jim 11, the nozzle 51 being of such length as to extend upwardly into the barrels that are placed on the rim 11.

Inthe preparation of the machine to receive a charge of turpentine carrying rosin, the cover 7 is tightly closed as well as the cap 27 and the cover or cap 9 isremoved to expose the opening 8. The valves of'the pipes 39 and 40 are also closed-for the time being and the valve 42 of the pipe 41 is opened. A barrel of ,crude turpentine carrying rosin is then disposed on the. rim 11, as shown by Fig. 2, and thecontents thereof p'ermitted to flow through the opening" 8 into the drawer or receptacle 32, the capacity of the latter being sufiicient at least to hold the contents of the barrel, or the said drawer may be of such dimensions as to hold-a greater quantity of the crude turpentine to be treated or subjected to the separating operation; To thoroughly clean out the barrel, steam is permitted to enterthe same through the nozzle 51 by opening the valve 50 and the residual contents of the barrel are thereby caused to flow downwardly and also After the barrel has been emptied, the-valve 50 is closed and the barrel removed, the cap or cover 9 being placed in position in the 'opening 8. Steam is then turned on through the pipe 43 by opening the valve 44- and is sprayed through the heads 46 as indicated by the-arrows, into the drawer or receptacle 32 to maintain the crude turpentine-carrying the rosin at a proper conpipe opening into the drain andover the interior portion of flow into the drawer or receptacle 32.

downwardly,

sistency and prevent clogging of the screen 4 rosin downwardly through the bottom of the drawer or receptacle ment 21. Leaves, sticks, other foreign material through 32 are held in the and the vapors, together with the steam, pass off through the pipe 41 downwardly into the pipe 40 and become condensed, thereby saving all the preventing the same from The crude turpentine c turpentine and by-produ'cts or being lost.

arrying the rosin falling into the receptacle 21 goes through the first cleaning being deprived purities in the in this first drawer or or purifying step a of the coarser trash or 1m;

compartment fter receptacle 30, and 21 the heavier particles of dirt and sand that may have -come through the closure 32 of the drawer screen bottom of the in- 30 settle .to the bottom of the said compartment and the turfpentine carrying the rosin per edge of the overflows the upfirst baffle 14 and runs into the second compartment 22, whereanother settling-operation takes place,

and as the second compartment 22 is filled it overflows the upper edge of the second bathe 17 and flows into the third compartment 23 in a practically purified condition as the remainsilt carried with the turing finer sand or pentine and rosin into the second compartment 22-is deposited in the tation or allowed to settle. a

that a number of- .35 barrels of crude turpentine carrying rosin on the apparatus and It .will be understood,

may be disposed latter by graviemptied of their contents for separting purposes in view of.

the fact that the operation becomes continuous through the decantation of the turpentine'an compartment j d rosin from one into another and .the better rade of the turpentine and rosin is drawn off from the compartment valve of the pipe 40,

23 by opening the whereas the less pu'rlfied grade is taken througlrthe pipe 39 by openingthe valve of the latter fromthe compartment 21 and rosin in the latter and. with the turpentine compartment the sediment also flows off and'the whole may 5 be further treated or subj ected to the separating operation until it is practically free of all foreign material.

to relieve the drawer or collected trash, the steam the pipe 43 by closing cover 7 is opened, the

{18 between the pipes the pipe 49 cover. When the to be swung cover 7 sopened, the cap .When it is desired receptacle 30 of is shut ofi from the valve 44 and the swivel joint or union 47 and49 permitting back with the 50 27 is also removed and the drawer or receptacle is drawn out, as and its contents dumped time the 5 tacle is reset and the cov shown by Fig. 5, and at the same reticulated walls thereof may be cleaned and afterward the drawer or receper closed and the cap 27 placed in proper position, as shown by Fig. 2,- when the valves will be ready for further 0 eration in separating impurities from cru e turpentine carrying rosin in the manner hereinbefore explained.

. As hereinbeforeexplained, the baffles 14 and 17 respectively have the walls thereof adjacent to the overflow portions of the compartments 21 and 22 materially differing in arrangement, that is, the wall 15 is inclined throughout its length, whereas the 'wall 18 is vertical and intersects an upper short inclined wall 20. This difference in contour of the walls of the battles L1 and 17 as just stated provides for a more prolonged or positive settlement of the finer particles in the compartment 22 by resisting a quick overflow between the two vertical walls of the latter compartment and an easier overflow. and a less positive deposit or ,gravitation of the finer particles in. the. compartment 21 for the reason that the compartment 22 must gradually fill up to the height of the vertical wall 18 of the bafiie 17 before an easeoif ensues through the me- /dium of the short inclined wall 20. The heavier substances or grit passing through the screen bottom of the inclosure'22 into the compartment 21 will settle in the latter compartment, and in order to separate the finer particles or the silt from the turpentine and rosin the compartment 22 is-pro vided with a greater resistance to rapid overflow or decantation by reason of the 2 vertical wall 18 as specified.

. p In the construction of the several parts of the apparatus material that is best adapted for the purpose will be used, and, furthermore,- the dimensions and proportions of the several parts may be varied at will and 105 likewise the details "of construction may be modified within the scope of the invention.

\Vhat is claimed is:

1. In a separating apparatus of the class specified, the combination of a tank having 110 a series of settling compartments in the bottom thereof and an upper ingress opening adjacent to one end for the entrance of the material to be treated, a closure for said opening, a separating receptacle under the 115 ingress opening and above the first of the series of compartments, and steam spray devices above the said receptacle and below the plane of the closure.

2. In a separating apparatus of the class 120 s ecified, a tank having'a series of settling compartments in the bottom thereof and an ingress opening in the top adjacent to'renea end of the tank for the introduction of the material to be treated, a separating recep- 125 tacle below the ingress opening and provided with bottom and side walls having fopenings therein, the said separating recepposed over the receptacle for injecting steam into the upper portion of the said separating receptacle.

In a separating apparatus of the class specified, a tank having a hinged vcover in the top provided with a norma lyclosed ingress opening for delivering material to be treated to the interior of the tank, a reticulated separating receptacle below the ingress opening to'receive the material to be treated, the bottom of the tank being of trough-like shape, the tank having a series of settling compartments formed in the trough like bottom thereof and means for-spraying steam into the separating receptacle and to the contents thereof to facilitate the deposit of the latter in part in the trough-like bottom of the tank. t 4. In a separating apparatus of the class specified, the combination of a tank having a bottom of trough-like shape and an upper ingress opening for the receptacle to be treated, the tank having partitions vertically disposed in the trough-like bottom,

and a separating receptacle slidingly disposed under. the ingress opening and provided with a reticulated bottom and adapted to deposit a portion of its contents into the trough-like bottom of the tank.

5. In a separating apparatus of the class specified, the combination of a tank'having a trough-like bottom with a plurality of vertical partitions, an upper ingress opening for the material to r be treated being receptacle under the ingress formed in the upper portion of one extremity of the tank and provided with a closure and a steamspraying device, a separating open ng provided ,with a reticulated bottom and side. walls, and means for spraying steam into the upper part of the receptacle below said ingress opening.

6. In a separating apparatus of the class specified, the combination of a tank having a bottom constructed to receive and settle a fluid and also provided with an upper, ingress opening for the material to be treated, and a separating receptacle under the ingress opening above the bottom of the tank andmovable outwardly through the. adjacent end of the tank for dumping disposition and having reticulated sides and bottom, and steam spraying devices disposed over the receptacle below the ingress open- 111 7 In a separating apparatus of the class specified, the combination of a tank having an upper hinged cover with a normally adjacent end of the tank also being provided with an opening having a closing cap, aseparating receptacle below the hinged'cover having reticulated sides and bottom and movable through the opening in one end of the tank and provided with means for slidable movable through one dumpingthe receptacle, and steam spraying devices disposed over the receptacle.

8. In a separating apparatus of the class specified, the combination of a tank havmg a series of settling compartments in the bottom thereof and an upper ingress opening for the material to be treated, valved outlet pipes communicating with the compart ments, a valved vapor pipe attached to the upper portion of one end of the pipe and also communicating with one of the outlet p p with an ingress opening for the material to be treated, a cap removably mounted in said opening, a separating receptacle under the ingress opening and above the first of the series of compartments, and provided with reticulated sides ,and bottom and means for spraying steam into the receptacle.

9. In a separating apparatus of the class specified, the combination of a tank having a series of settling compartments in the bottom thereof divided by battles having front inclined walls, the settling compartments being provided with valved outlet pipes, the top of the tank being provided with an inand a separating receptacle having a reticulated bottom under the ingress opening and above the first of the series of'compartments.

10. In a separating apparatus of the class specified, the combination of a tank having a bottom for settling material deposited thereon and an upper ingress opening, a separating receptacle 7 disposed under the ingress opening and partially end of the tank, the receptacle having reticulated side and bottom walls, means for spraying steam into the upper portion of the rece tacle, and means carried by the bottom 0 the receptacle and one end of the tank for causing a dumping operation of the receptacle.

In a separating apparatus of the class a specified, the combination of a tank having a bottom. for deposit of material treate thereon, the tankalso having a top which gress opening for the material to be treated,

includes a hinged cover with an ingress opening therethrough provided with a removable cap, a steam p1pe having a portion thereof extending into the tank and provided with spray devices, said steam pipe also having a branch extending over the top of thetank and terminating in an upwardly projecting nozzle over the ingress opening, and a separating receptacle below the ingress-opening and steam spray devices Within the tank,

12. In a separating apparatus of the class specified, the combination of a tank havin a bottom for deposit..of material treated thereon, the tank also having a' top' which includes at hinged cover with an ingress opening therethrough provided with a re movable cap, a steam pipe having a portion in the tank, the pipe exten thereof extending into'the tank and provided with spray devices, said s'team pipe also having a branch extending over the top of the tank and terminating in an upwardly projecting nozzle over the ingress opening,

and a separatlng receptacle below the ingress opening and steam sprag devices withover the top of the tank having a swivel 10 connection whereby it may be swung backwardly mg upwardly and forwardly with the cover in theopening and closing movements of the latter.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of two subscribmg 5 J 01m WATERS. 

